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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

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@Haiku Joy: Aw, hon. So sorry for you and your friends going through this. I will offer you my prayers, as well; for healing, for strength, for emotional support. I am glad you finally made your post. We are not meant to be isolated. This is a place where masks are not required. You do not have to put on your Happy Face before you are allowed to play.

I hope you are a hugger, because you have one big cyber-hug coming your way!

@Craig....Although #2 is not an exact replica or wrecklica, Take a look at this pic...add an arch and some pillars to the entry way and there ya have it! I find it very Kruegerish in comparison to the third movie....Have not watched any of them in years and do not plan on watching them ever again so for not having a fresh memory on the brain, not too shabby of a comparison in my opinion! :)http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P2nZJ2D1ejs/TkinG4k0zGI/AAAAAAAAGfI/n9hSTqhkejY/s1600/nightmare4dvd04.jpg

@Haiku Joy: I've forwarded my email address to Jen and John(thoJ), if you'd like to reach out. If this is not something they are willing to take responsability for, I'll offer you my address here in the comments. Just post a note on this thread.

@Haiku Joy ~ Big hugs and prayers coming from WA to you, your friends and that little baby. I'm with all the rest, CW is kinda like a family to me too and families are there for each other in the good times and the bad. I will add my email offer to the mix if you're interested in more cyberventing with cyberfamily on a more private level.

@Meg: Point taken, but where are the roof flaps, the 'fountain' and the gingerbread men spa?

@Michelle: Seashells soak in salt water from the time they form until they are found, collected, cleaned (they are cleaned, right?) and put on cakes. Since thorough cleaning would destroy them, salt is bound to leach into the frosting, and... never mind. :-)

I'll echo @Andrea and @Jodee -- I realized that J&J don't need to be a contact clearinghouse along with everything else they do, so if there's ever a request, I'll post the email address I created for the purpose. I don't think there's that many any stalkers on this board. (I have to admit I don't get the 'stocking' / 'stalking' thing, though.)

Thank you, Jodee, mel, Andrea, and Craig. (Also anyone else whose message goes live in the same batch of comments as this one.) I am genuinely uplifted by your support and email addresses. I think just saying "horrible thing is horrible" is all the cyberventing I need.

If you're stuck for ideas - It's Australia Day on Saturday (26th Jan). Any jokes about vegemite, bbq's, pavlova (kiwi vs aussie) are fair game. lets face it, we celebrate by racing cockroaches at a local pub - so much room for bad cakes.

@Haiku Joy - You bring so much joy to everyone here with your shining, witty personality that you Should. Not. Feel. Bad. about posting version #82 or # 42 or #9,602.1415962. Here are some hugs for you, for the baby, for the baby's family, and for the medical staff that are treating the precious little one. Prayers going up as well.

@Craig and @Michelle - maybe it could be salted caramel frosting? That seems to be a thing these days.

(I have been around lately, though not commenting as much, and sometimes posting under silly names *cough*FrankenYoda*cough*.)

I believe the Spleens are actually "Kaj" the frog, from Kaj og Andrea" a danish children's show. I seem to remember that these could be found at different bakeries around the country n Denmark even though these particular ones are pretty bad looking. He is basically green marzipan wrapped around pink "guf" which is a very fluffy overly sweet marshmallow like substance, After dipping in chocolate a slit is cut for the mouth and eyes are added.